Best RPG ever?

What do you think is the best single player RPG ever?

Dragon quest VIII for the ps2

That game had everything and sweet dbz grafics

JRPG: Skies of Arcadia without question.

WRPG: ... Hmm Star Control II or Betrayal at Krondor

Dragon quest VIII for the ps2

That game had everything and sweet dbz grafics

Darkness-zora

I agree; maybe not for the same reasons, but I agree.

FFXII for JRPGs because of its grand scale world and 100+ hours of playing time. There's just so much to do, so much to see, and every part of it was breathtaking.

For WRPGs I have to go with Neverwinter Nights. It also has 100+ hours of gameplay and so much to do. Oblivion is also a good one, even though I have yet to play it.

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This one.Robnyc22

That one.

I love FF 7

As for best? I don't have one
Toriko42

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Dencore

Odin Sphere isn't really a RPG. :P

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ASK_Story

Odin Sphere isn't really a RPG. :P

Whatever, Odin Sphere is the "best" in all caterogories in gaming except "sucking" :P

Best RPG ever.

Final Fantasy VII.

This is a bit of a vague one since the difference in Japanese and Western styles is fairly different. I didn't play any of the PC ones of old so I can't bust out the Ultima references or things of that ilk. I grew up on the NES and console style so that's what I know. This also goes back to how does it fare to todays games. Can you compare the first Final Fantasy to the current one? RPG is also a relative term, Odin Sphere was mentioned but it is nothing like Final Fantasy, I'd call it an action RPG and leave that genre to its own comparisons.

If you mean an RPG in the traditional style of a single person or party of characters, in the Japanese style then I'd have to go with:

Breath of Fire 4.

I may be biased since BoF is my favorite RPG series but the art, music, story, characters, and dialog are all spectacular. Along with combat that's just different enough to be interesting without being too unique for its own good. I recommend that anyone should check out this series (except 5 which is the death of the series) since they are excellent examples of a company that decided to make a different RPG when FF and CT were ruling the SNES.

My second choice would be Phantasy Star. In it's day it was so far ahead of anything else it was almost scary. People didn't know how to describe it. The term RPG was still applied to D&D and only a small percentage of games played in that manner. This was the reason people owned the SMS and it's a crime that so few people got to play it. It was of course followed up by a succession of great titles that made Phantasy Star the RPG series of the early 90s.

Honorable mention goes to Skies of Arcadia (for Dreamcast) becasue it was awesome and it came out at the perfect time.

I would have picked Panzer Dragoon Saga but it's sort of it's own category so it stands alone in its own greatness.

Heres a list of greats in no particular order, some represent the series as a whole:

Dragon Warrior NES

Ultima: Exodus NES

Cosmic Fantasy 2 TG16

Lunar SCD

Lufia SNES

Miracle Warriors SMS

Super Hydlide GEN

Suikoden 1-3 PS/PS2

Dragon Quest 8 PS2

Persona PS

Chrono Trigger SNES

The 7th Saga SNES

Heimdall SCD

Shining in the Darkness GEN

Illusion City MCD

Eldorado's Gate SS

Grandia SS/PS2

Wild Arms PS/PS2

Tales of Destiny II PS

Final Fantasy XII PS2

Fav. Western RPG: Oblivion

Fav. Japenese RPG: Kingdom Hearts

Final Fantasy VI.ice_radon

Add Dragon Warrior IV and its "teamwork battle system", and I agree.

FFVII of course... How can people say it's over rated?! It came out 10 years ago and revolutionised RPG gaming...

FFVI 2nd - not as good as VII

Shin Megami Tensai games also worth a mention, not the best, but very good non the less.

Fav. Western RPG: Oblivion

Fav. Japenese RPG: Kingdom Hearts

hhcash

KH is an action RPG.

My impression was the traditional Japanese RPG like DQ or FF are what's being talked about.

This is a bit of a vague one since the difference in Japanese and Western styles is fairly different. I didn't play any of the PC ones of old so I can't bust out the Ultima references or things of that ilk. I grew up on the NES and console style so that's what I know. This also goes back to how does it fare to todays games. Can you compare the first Final Fantasy to the current one? RPG is also a relative term, Odin Sphere was mentioned but it is nothing like Final Fantasy, I'd call it an action RPG and leave that genre to its own comparisons.

If you mean an RPG in the traditional style of a single person or party of characters, in the Japanese style then I'd have to go with:

Breath of Fire 4.

I may be biased since BoF is my favorite RPG series but the art, music, story, characters, and dialog are all spectacular. Along with combat that's just different enough to be interesting without being too unique for its own good. I recommend that anyone should check out this series (except 5 which is the death of the series) since they are excellent examples of a company that decided to make a different RPG when FF and CT were ruling the SNES.

My second choice would be Phantasy Star. In it's day it was so far ahead of anything else it was almost scary. People didn't know how to describe it. The term RPG was still applied to D&D and only a small percentage of games played in that manner. This was the reason people owned the SMS and it's a crime that so few people got to play it. It was of course followed up by a succession of great titles that made Phantasy Star the RPG series of the early 90s.

Honorable mention goes to Skies of Arcadia (for Dreamcast) becasue it was awesome and it came out at the perfect time.

I would have picked Panzer Dragoon Saga but it's sort of it's own category so it stands alone in its own greatness.

Heres a list of greats in no particular order, some represent the series as a whole:

Dragon Warrior NES

Ultima: Exodus NES

Cosmic Fantasy 2 TG16

Lunar SCD

Lufia SNES

Miracle Warriors SMS

Super Hydlide GEN

Suikoden 1-3 PS/PS2

Dragon Quest 8 PS2

Persona PS

Chrono Trigger SNES

The 7th Saga SNES

Heimdall SCD

Shining in the Darkness GEN

Illusion City MCD

Eldorado's Gate SS

Grandia SS/PS2

Wild Arms PS/PS2

Tales of Destiny II PS

Final Fantasy XII PS2

Chirico_Cuvie

Wow you are rare one. Breath of Fire fan. I thought I was the last surviving memeber of the clan lol.

Still, As much I loved Breath of Fire IV, I think best RPG of all time is pushing it a bit lol. It is vastly underrated game and could be best Breath of Fire game (difficult to pick between that one first Breath of Fire), but best RPG of all time? You are right, it is bit biased choice.

[QUOTE="Robnyc22"]This one.the_mad_madman

That one.

Yep, definitely that one.

I forgot - What about Ocarina of Time?jed-at-war

most would consider it as action/adventure game.

[QUOTE="jed-at-war"]I forgot - What about Ocarina of Time?TriangleHard

most would consider it as action/adventure game.

The only Zelda game to be an RPG is Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link, which is an action RPG. Anyone wo believes all the other Zeldas are RPG's are seriously deluded and/or misled.

The term itself was, back in the SNES, PSX and N64 days, thrown around as a sign of prestige, but ultimately, an RPG is an RPG. Anything else is...well, soemthing else :P

My favourite RPG is without a doubt The Elder Scrolls 2: Daggerfall. Buggy as hell, but by far the best game in the series (and I have played all of them, and have beaten the first three). Probably the absolute best main quest dungeons ever, and so much was done with teh XNgine that it's unbelievable. The game is extremely sophisticated for what it is and the era it came out in.

[QUOTE="jed-at-war"]I forgot - What about Ocarina of Time?TriangleHard

most would consider it as action/adventure game.

FFVI is hte best RPG ever